Gen2 Prius Emissions labels (Calfornia vs. US Federal )

In the interest of understanding which Gen2 Prii are "CARB-certified", I am wondering if anyone has a Gen2 Prius with a Federal style emissions label, or do we all have California style label (per below)?

So far we have looked at four Prii, and we all seem to have California labels, including my 2006 purchased in VA and JC91006 has three: a 2005 (TX heritage) and a 2006 and 2008 from CA. Note the keyword California in the last sentence in the photos below.

I am thinking, starting 2007, non-CARB states may have gone to the Federal style emissions sticker.
>>Does anyone have an example of a Federal (different looking sticker), or does everyone just have the CA-style? Note that the emissions label is located on the under-side of your hood.

...more questions later if a trend appears

VA 2006
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CA2006 (California emissions label)

 

...the only evidence I have is my 2006 is exempt from north Virginia state emissions testing, but I believe 2007+ do have to be tested.

 

My VW has a Federal style label - it specifically says this car is NOT certfiied for California emissions states

 

OK I think I have a reported variation on a 2010 Gen3 (which doesn't count in this Gen2 thread) but I am thinking some CA Gen2 2009's might show the same thing: That is the Calfornia rating is upped to PZEV (vs. SULEV).

If you read the (FORD) hybrid battery warranty, in later years 2009-2010+, the PZEV rating is needed to qualify for extended battery warranty. I think Toyota adds a requirement of PZEV + car originally sold and registered in a qualifying state.

 

Thank you Patrick, but I was expecting that the CA emissions sticker should therefore say AT PZEV, but all the ones so far (2005, 2006, 2008) even from CA just say SULEV? I guess we are saying Tier 2 Bin 3 LEV-II SULEV = AT PZEV

 

>>>OK I am quickly coming to the conclusion that most (all?) USA sold Prii are CARB-certified and presumably labeled similarly. If anyone has a variation, please post a photo.

The reason northern Virginia had required emissions testing on 2008 and 2009 Prius was that the 2008 and 2009 MY were down-rated by EPA to 48 MPG EPA CITY, whereas VA exempts from emissions test those cars over 50 MPG EPA CITY. Last year, Virginia addressed this anomaly by also exempting 2008/2009 Prii from emissions testing, so now all Gen2 Prii are exempted from VA emissions testing (forever apparently - but they can catch you via remote sensor if you have a prob).

I come to the preliminary conclusion that there are two systems to qualify vehicles for CARB warranty: FORD system and TOYOTA system. FORD apparently uses the vehicle emissions hardware/emissions label to CA-certify cars, and those cars qualify for CARB based on the sticker rating and CARB state registration at time of repair (apparently without the need for FORD to internally decide how to handle state transfer cases) . In Toyota system, it appears many (all?) USA Prii are CA-ceritified, but Toyota chooses to have a set of rules to define which cars qualify for CARB: must be sold, registered and used in a CARB state. Honda seems to be more like Toyota (but Honda does not seem to say car has to sold in a CARB state), and I have not checked Chevy Volt yet.

 

...no question you are absolutely correct about that. The main question surrounds Prii relos into CARB states (VA/DC to MD in my region) and trying to understand how those cases are handled, and if there are differences in rules for different companies (which I now think the answer is a resounding YES there are different rules for FORD vs. TOYOTA etc. regarding the more complex cases where an owner is moving to different states).

PS- I made an edit to my prior post re: FORD is not offering CARB warranty to non-CARB states either, but the difference is FORD apparently bases qualification for CARB warranty on state of registration at time of repair (if I understand correctly). But then with FORD you must have the correct CA-certified emissions rating on your label for either STANDARD CARB or AT PZEV for the sought after HV battery warranty extension.